Sam Warning scored a pair of goals Saturday to move into a tie for the national scoring lead and help the University of Minnesota men’s hockey team to a 5-1 win at Bemidji State and a sweep of their two-game series.

Warning, who has nine points on the season, scored his first goal of the night at 17:05 of the first period after Jeff Jubinville had given Bemidji State a 1-0 lead just 2:37 into the game.

Taylor Cammarata made it 2-1 Gophers with his first collegiate goal at 11:40 of the second, and Warning — who has scored at least one point in every game this season — made it a two-goal game less than two minutes later off an assist from Jack Bischoff.

The Gophers (4-0) added insurance goals in the third period by Mike Reilly and Justin Kloos.

Adam Wilcox made 24 saves in running his season record to 4-0.

Andrew Walsh had 26 saves for Bemidji State (0-3-1), which has lost nine straight to Minnesota.

The Gophers return to Mariucci Arena next weekend for a nonconference showdown against Boston College.

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